MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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